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Recognizing the historical significance of the Supreme Court's unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education, repudiating segregation, and reaffirming the fundamental belief that we are all "one…

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Recognizing the historical significance of the Supreme Court's unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education, repudiating segregation, and reaffirming the fundamental belief that we are all "one Nation under God, indivisible".

Introduced: May 18, 1999 Introduced by: Thompson, Bennie G. Democratic · Mississippi See on congress.gov

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Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Agreed to (House)

May 18, 1999

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

May 18, 1999

Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.

May 18, 1999

Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H3271-3273)

May 18, 1999

On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.

May 18, 1999

Mr. Pease asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.

May 18, 1999

Committee on Judiciary discharged.

May 18, 1999

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

May 18, 1999

Introduced in House

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that the House of Representatives: (1) recognizes the historical significance of the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision; (2) heralds that event as a significant advancement of American principles of freedom, justice, and equality under law; and (3) repudiates racial segregation and reaffirms the fundamental belief that we are all "one Nation under God, indivisible."

What's happening now May 18, 1999

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 8

Bishop, Sanford D.

Georgia · May 18, 1999

Clyburn, James E.

South Carolina · May 18, 1999

Davis, Danny K.

Illinois · May 18, 1999

Meeks, Gregory W.

New York · May 18, 1999

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · May 18, 1999

Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"

Virginia · May 18, 1999

Velázquez, Nydia M.

New York · May 18, 1999

Waters, Maxine

California · May 18, 1999

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 176: Recognizing the historical significance of the Supreme Court's unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education, repudiating segregation, and reaffirming the fundamental belief that we are all "one Nation under God, indivisible".. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HRES-176/

MLA

"H. Res. 176: Recognizing the historical significance of the Supreme Court's unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education, repudiating segregation, and reaffirming the fundamental belief that we are all "one Nation under God, indivisible".." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HRES-176/.

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H. Res. 176, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HRES-176/.

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